Double from Pellegrini and goals from El Shaarawy, Mancini and Abraham in the hand against the Bulgarians: sixth success in six official matches at the start of the season
The Roma does not miss a beat even in Europe: the men of Mourinho they start strong also in the groups of Conference League: CSKA Sofia is stretched 5-1. After the advantage of the Bulgarian team with Carey (8 ‘), the Giallorossi overturn the situation even before the interval: Pellegrini (25’) and El Shaarawy (38 ‘) sign the 2-1. The captain scores the brace in the 62nd minute; Mancini’s poker at 82 ‘and Abraham’s final hand (84’).
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THE MATCH
The streak of consecutive victories for Roma in official matches continues (now there are six out of six matches). With full points in Serie A, the Giallorossi beat CSKA Sofia 5-1 at home in the first match of Group C of the Conference League. A little surprisingly, the Bulgarians took the lead in the 10 ‘: Carey, in the opposing area and from a tight angle, fired a powerful left foot that slipped into the intersection, with Mancini a little distracted in the circumstance. Shomurodov immediately touches the draw: he has the ball to strike face to face with Busatto, who however stretches out in the corner. In any case, we only have to wait until the 25th minute to recover the result immediately: Pellegrini catches up, who stops the ball at the edge of the area and squares with a very sweet right foot at the intersection. At 38 ‘El Shaarawy completes the comeback: the Pharaoh collects at the edge of the area and kicks around the near post, leaving no way out for Busatto. The latter, at the end of the first half, avoids the 3-1 on Shomurodov’s scoring; on the other side Lam releases and kicks from the outside, touching the 2-2. Start of recovery from slow rhythms at the Olimpico. After that at 62 ‘Calafiori breaks through on the left and serves as a tow Pellegrini who, while hitting in a dirty way, and deceives the opposing goalkeeper, who remains displaced. Smalling hits a sensational post and Mancini arrives on the rebound, who deposits the 4-1 with an empty net. The result is rounded off with the touch under the substitute Abraham with 5 ‘from the end. Roma in the lead in the group with 3 points together with Bodo / Glimt.
REPORT CARDS
Pilgrims 7 – His soft touch from the edge of the area, at the suggestion of Karsdorp, allows the Capitoline to return immediately to the game: his brace definitively closes the match.
El Shaarawy 6,5 – He still goes on the net after the winning goal against Sassuolo last Sunday: the former Milan controls the trocar and kicks around the near post, with the ball dying in the corner.
Mancini 6 – A little inattentive on the occasion of Carey’s goal, even if with the passing of the minutes he reacts well to the mistake made, even going to sign the goal of 4-1.
Busatto 6 – Thanks to his saves, the CSKA Sofia goalkeeper keeps his teammates in the game as much as possible.
Wildschut 4,5 – Bad game by the Dutch striker, practically never in the game. The expulsion in the final is the signal of the definitive surrender of CSKA Sofia.
THE TABLE
ROME-CSKA SOFIA 5-1
Roma (4-2-3-1): Rui Patricio 6; Karsdorp 6.5 (1’st Ibanez 6.5), Mancini 6, Smalling 6.5, Calafiori 6.5 (31’st Kumbulla 6); Diawara 6 (12 ‘st Cristante 6), Villar 6 (13’ st Veretout 6.5); Perez 6.5, Pellegrini 7 (29 ‘st Abraham 6.5), El Shaarawy 6.5, Shomurodov 6.5. Available: Fuzato, Reynolds, Mayoral, Zaniolo, Darboe, Zalewski, Mkhitaryan. All .: Mourinho 6.5
Cska Sofia (4-4-2)Stk #: Busatto 6; Turitsov 5 (29 ‘st Donchev 5.5), Mattheij 5, Galabov 5, Mazikou 5.5; Yomov 5 (22 ‘st Bai 5), Muhar 5.5, Lam 6, Wildschut 4.5; Carey 6, Krastev 5.5 (42 ‘st Ahmedov sv). A disp .: Evtimov, Vareia, Catakovic. All .: Mladenov
Referee: Nyberg (SWE)
Markers: 10′ Carey (C), 25′ Pellegrini (R), 38′ El Shaarawy (R), 17′ st Pellegrini (R), 37′ st Mancini (R), 39′ st Abraham
Ammonites: Lam (C)
Expelled: at 35 ‘st Wildschut (C) for a double yellow card
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